The situation at the borders in the last 24 hours

On 23.01.2022, approximately 91,600 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 29,800 means of transport (out of which 11,300 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 37,400 people with 11,800 means of transport, and on the exit direction 52,200 people with 18,000 means of transport.

The busiest borders have been:

  • Border with Hungary - approximately 41,300 people and 17,100 means of transport;
  • Air border - approximately 24,700 people;
  • Border with Bulgaria - approximately 12,600 people and 7,400 means of transport;
  • Border with Moldova - approximately 8,300 people and 3,000 means of transport.

The border police are working at the maximum capacity allowed by the infrastructure of the crossing points. We recommend to the traffic participants the transit of all points open to international traffic, so as to avoid the occurrence of overloads of only some of them.

Information on the situation of border points open to international traffic can be found on the online Traffic application which can be accessed at http://www.politiadefrontiera.ro/traficonline/.

Regarding the specific activities, in the areas of competence - the crossing points and the “green border” - the border guards found:

  • 33 illegal acts (19 crimes and 14 contraventions) committed by both Romanian and foreign citizens;
  • undeclared goods (which were to be illegally introduced into the country) were discovered, independently or in collaboration with other institutions), which exceeded the customs allowed limit or suspected to be counterfeit, in a total value of approximately 421,900 lei;
  • the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 8,300 lei;
  • 23 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 13 Romanian citizens were not allowed to leave for various legal reasons.

The Romanian Border Police s the specialized state institution which carries out the attributions appertaining to it and referring to the surveillance and control of the crossing of the state border ... read more